Researching your novel: all authors have to do it. Whether you're brushing up on your science facts for a detailed multi-book space opera, or digging into the nitty-gritty of life on an isolated...
Posts by Jessica A. McMinn
Spoiler alert: this post contains a number of potential spoilers relating to deaths occurring in various books/movies, including A Song of Ice and Fire/Game Of Thrones, The Book Thief and The Hunger...
Sending my novel out for beta reading was potentially the most terrifying part of my writing career to date. As a Creative Writing graduate, I'm no stranger to critique; workshopping my writing with...
Love is in the air. No, really – it is! Romance and relationships play an important part of many people's everyday lives, and the same holds true in many types of fiction. Sadly, given its...
Whether you’re a plotter, a pantser or somewhere delightfully in between, everyone needs to plan their novel. But as with all creative endeavours, there’s no 'right' way to begin writing. A...